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Fred Davis (snooker player)	Davis played professionally well into old age, making his last appearance in the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in 1984 aged 70, where he lost to Bill Werbeniuk 10 -- 4.
Ryan Jarvis	His brother Rossi was also on Norwich's books at this time, and the two brothers played together in the same Norwich team on 19 September 2006 in a League Cup match against Rotherham United, in which Ryan scored twice.
Keith Gillespie	In August 2010 his ex international teammate Michael O'Neill invited Gillespie to play in a friendly for Shamrock Rovers in a reserve game versus his first club.
William Crake	In March 1870, he and Bowen were selected for the first unofficial international match between an English XI and a team representing Scotland, which had been arranged by another Old Harrovian, C. W. Alcock.
Roy McDonough	McDonough was inducted into the Colchester United Hall of Fame in 2012, owing to his success as a player in two stints with the club, and being the first U's boss to lead out a Colchester team at Wembley.
Steve Howard	Howard is a fan of Newcastle United and fulfilled a lifelong ambition of playing at St James' Park when he played in the Derby side which drew 2 -- 2 on 23 December 2007.
Jock Stein	A testimonial match for Stein was played against Liverpool at Celtic Park on 14 August 1978.
Shawn Thornton	On October 2, 2010, he and the Boston Bruins played an exhibition game against the Belfast Giants in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where his mother was born.
Peter Bonetti	Following a Football Association led campaign to persuade FIFA to award medals to all the winners' squad members, Bonetti was presented with his medal by Gordon Brown at a ceremony at 10 Downing Street on 10 June 2009.
Zinedine Zidane	On 2 June 2013, Zidane took part in a charity match played at Old Trafford as part of the Manchester United Legends vs Real Madrid Legends reverse Fixture.
John Coady	John is a lifelong Shamrock Rovers supporter and so his dream came true when he made his League of Ireland debut on the 31st of October 1982 away to University College Dublin A. F. C. scoring twice in a 2-2 draw.
Dan Jarvis	He and his brother Rob Jarvis are fans of Nottingham Forest F. C., with both as children failing to gain tickets in the ballot for the 1989 F. A. Cup semi-final between Forest and Liverpool, and hence they did not have to witness the Hillsborough disaster.
Roger Daltrey	In 2006, he wrote and performed a specially commissioned song,'' Highbury Highs'', for the Highbury Farewell ceremony following the final football match on 7 May at Highbury between Arsenal and Wigan Athletic, in which Arsenal celebrated the previous 93 years at Highbury, preparing for their move to the Emirates Stadium, Ashburton Grove, the following season.
Julian Uccello	In June 2009, Uccello began to be noticed by Canadian fans when he played the first half and scored a goal at BMO Field in a Zinedine Zidane charity game, called'' Zidane & Friends All Star Match,'' in which world soccer veterans took on the Canadian All-Stars.
Steve Lovell (Welsh footballer)	Lovell's son Mark also became a footballer, turning professional with his father's old club Gillingham in 2001.
Gary Parkinson	In June 2003 Parkinson played for Middlesbrough in the annual Northern Masters football tournament at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, scoring two goals.
Brad Friedel	He is also officially Aston Villa's oldest ever player, a record he achieved on February 1, 2011 by playing in the club's Premier League fixture away at Manchester United.
Liam Coyle	After 3 goals in 9 total appearances he moved to his home town club making his Derry debut alongside Tim Dalton, Kevin Brady, Paul Doolin and Noel Larkin at Finn Park in an Ulster Tyre Cup game on 24 July 1988.
Paul Keegan (footballer born 1984)	During the 2010 season, Keegan was named captain for a League of Ireland XI that would play Manchester United in a friendly match at the newly opened Aviva Stadium.
Bill Shankly	Shankly was 60 years old when Liverpool won the 1974 FA Cup and said in his autobiography that, on returning to the dressing room at the end of the match, he'' felt tired from all the years''.
Ross Cowie	He assisted manager Aonghas MacDonald and was supported by his two star players from the 1990 victory, his brother Willie and Albert Smith Medal winner, Willie MacRae.
Bill Lacey (footballer)	Lacey also coached the FAI XI that played the Netherlands on 5 December 1935.
Bobby Brown (footballer born 1923)	He made the draw for the Scottish League Cup quarter final on 4 October 2012.
Terry Eviston	At the end of the 2012 League of Ireland season Newe is joint forty first in the all-time League of Ireland goalscoring list with 101 league goals Eviston was naturally left footed and brave in the air, a proficient crosser with close control.
Len Butt (footballer born 1893)	In 1932, he played at The Dell for Cowes in the Hampshire Senior Cup final against Isle of Wight rivals, Newport -- the Newport side included two ex-Southampton players, Bill Rawlings and Arthur Dominy and a crowd of 20,000 witnessed a Newport victory.
Gus Poyet	His son, Diego (born 8 May 1995), plays for the academy of Charlton Athletic and has played for the England national under-16 football team.
Ken Davy	On 26 August 2006 Davy witnessed Huddersfield Giants play St Helens in the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final.
Daniel Gwyther	He earned full Blue honors by playing in the 2010 Varsity match against Oxford University A. F. C. at Cambridge United F. C.'s Abbey Stadium.
Phil Neville	In the Manchester United versus Everton match on 29 November 2006, Phil and his brother Gary became the first siblings to captain their respective clubs against each other in the Premier League.
Arthur Foster	In March 1914, he was selected for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team which beat Chelsea F. C. in'' the first game in London between an A. F. A. side and a professional team for many years'', though he was not at his best :'' his shooting was poor, and he passed too much to the left wing''.
Johnny Mapson	The death of goalkeeper Jimmy Thorpe on 5 February 1936 propelled the 18 year old Mapson, with only a couple of Third Division appearances for Reading F. C., into the championship chasing Sunderland A. F. C. first team.
Fred Spiksley	The teams adopted the names of established teams and on 16 November 1914 Spiksley played in a cup final between an'' Oldham Athletic'' team and a'' Tottenham Hotspur'' team.
Jose Baxter	Baxter made his professional début for the club on the opening day of the 2008 -- 09 season coming on as a substitute in a home game against Blackburn Rovers, becoming Everton's youngest ever senior player in the process, aged 16 years and 191 days, beating the record previously held by team-mate James Vaughan.
Leslie Phillips	He is a long-term fan of Tottenham Hotspur, and made an appearance on the pitch as part of the half-time entertainment during the team's home match against Swansea City on 1 April 2012.
Ronnie Whelan	; Liverpool Ronnie Whelan was the Ambassador for the 2010 -- 11 UEFA Europa League.
Tony Bland	Bland was an avid Liverpool supporter who travelled with two friends to Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough football ground for an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989.
Peter Thomas (footballer)	In the fall of 1978, he returned to Ireland where he rejoined Waterford F. C. Born in England, Thomas earned two caps with the Republic of Ireland after becoming an Irish citizen.
Danny Bergara	On July 28, 2007 Stockport County arranged'' Danny Day'' when the team played Cardiff City in a pre-season friendly.
Jack Elkes	Though four appearances in England trial matches proved unsuccessful, he toured Australia with the Football Association in 1925, played for the Football League XI on three occasions, and represented the Professionals against the Amateurs in the 1925 FA Charity Shield.
Robbie Paul	Robbie Paul regularly appears on BBC's Super League Show On 17 December 2010, Robbie married Natalie Hunter in Auckland, New Zealand, at a ceremony attended by many of the world's greatest rugby players and duly changed his surname to incorporate'' Hunter''.
Ryan Giggs	Manchester City in February 2008, Giggs has made more appearances in the -LSB- -LSB- Manchester derby Munich air disaster 50th anniversary match against Manchester City in February 2008, Giggs has made more appearances in the -LSB- -LSB- Manchester derby than any other player. -RSB- -RSB-
Chris Woods	Woods also appeared in a charity England versus Germany match at Reading's Madejski Stadium in May 2006.
Scott Leitch	Robbie goes to Dalziel High School in Motherwell while Jack left school in summer 2011 to sign a contract with Motherwell FC, he plays at under 20s level but recently made his first team debut.
Mohd Amirul Hadi Zainal	Amirul also represented the Malaysia XI squad against Chelsea F. C. at Shah Alam Stadium on 29 July 2008.
David Butler (footballer born 1953)	David Butler (born 30 March 1953) is an English former football striker who played professionally in England, the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League.
Sydney Morse	However, he also played for the Law Club, a club open only to members of the legal profession, and it was whilst registered as a Law Club player that he won his first cap on 3 March 1873 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow in the Scotland vs England match.
Paul Keegan (footballer born 1972)	After a year back with St Patrick's and an outstanding year in partnership with Trevor Molloy which seen them score 35 goals between them, he moved to Motherwell in January 2007 for an undisclosed fee and to be with his family.
Shaka Hislop	Conceded) 1 - includes FA Cup and U. S. Open Cup 2 - includes UEFA Cup and Intertoto Cup 3 - includes Charity Shield and Football League Trophy 4 - all of Hislop booking record, but coincidental all of the record from league appearances In April 2005, Hislop was named the inaugural winner of the PFA Special Merit Award for his services to football.
Ted Fenton	Seven of the West Ham 1964 FA Cup winning team had either been signed by Ted Fenton from other clubs, or had worked their way up from the Academy during his time as manager.
Elisha Scott	Elisha Scott played for Linfield and Broadway United before Liverpool manager Tom Watson signed him on a Sunday morning at 10am 1 September 1912, following a recommendation from Scott's older brother Billy Scott.
James Loembe	On 5 November 2008, he featured for Kumasi Asante Kotoko in a trial match against King Faisal Babes in Memory of the late Honour Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu at the Baba Yara Stadium which Kotoko lost by a lone goal to a King Faisal side that had the entire 1st team squad except Goalkeeper Osei Boateng and Ebo' Nani' Andoh of Black Starlets fame.
Brian McBride	In June 2012, he was one of several former professional footballers who agreed to join Wembley F. C. to play in their FA Cup campaign for the new season.
Kelvin MacKenzie	MacKenzie was a supporter of Charlton Athletic F. C. for 12 years but switched allegiance to Queens Park Rangers after Charlton's relegation from the Championship in 2009.
Jim Rosenthal	He famously wore an Oxford United hat whilst hosting the ITV coverage of the Milk (League) Cup final in 1986 from Wembley Stadium.
Jose Baxter	Baxter was named in the Everton starting line up to play West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns, becoming the youngest Everton player ever to start a game, and March 2009 he signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract with Everton.
Dominic Poleon	After scoring for the club's Development Team in a 2 -- 0 friendly match victory over Alfreton Town at North Street on 21 July 2012, Poleon and several other youngsters including Sam Byram, Nathan Turner, Lewis Turner and Monty Gimpel, travelled with the senior team the following week on a pre-season tour of Cornwall and Devon.
John Barnes (footballer)	He felt that himself and others were deliberately being cold shouldered to make it known Gullit wanted his own players in ; Barnes had actually worked briefly with Gullit during the 1998 World Cup ITV commentary team, and they had played numerous international matches played against each other in the 1980s and 1990s, but they were not friends.
Rasmus Elm	His brother David, who played for Fulham, currently plays for the Swedish Allsvenskan club Kalmar FF, while his other brother Viktor joined Dutch club AZ in 2012.
Ricky McEvoy	In the best season in their history with Paul Byrne (footballer born 1972) up front they won the Irish Cup and the Irish League Cup with McEvoy scoring in the latter final.
Mark Yeates	His late father Stephen played for Shelbourne, Shamock Rovers (two goals in 11 appearances in 1989 -- 90), Athlone Town and Kilkenny City.
Charlie MacDonald	Charles Lea'' Charlie'' MacDonald (born 13 February 1981) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Oldham Athletic.
Miah Dennehy	The Rovers XI was actually an All-Ireland XI which featured both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland internationals Dennehy returned to the League of Ireland in November 1980 to play for Cork United and went to play for Waterford United, Limerick United, Drogheda United and Newcastlewest F. C. before retiring.
David Beckham	He unveiled a new team at the next England match, a home friendly game against Hungary on 11 August 2010, with Beckham still unavailable for selection but aiming for a return to playing in MLS by the following month.
David Gould	Gould did play for numerous teams including John A. Manz F. C., winner of the 1897 American Challenge Cup, Thistles, British-Americans and Eagles.
Charlie Hurley	Hurley is best known for his long career at Sunderland, where he was named the Black Cats''' Player of the Century'' by their fans on the occasion of the club's centenary in 1979.
Stan Kielty	Stan Kielty won caps for England while at Halifax in 1953 against Wales, France, and Other Nationalities.
Tony Warner	Despite being injured and unable to keep goal for Millwall at their 2004 F. A. Cup Final appearance, the then Millwall manager Dennis Wise, insisted that he be presented with a medal.
Ian Crook	Crook remained a favourite with Norwich City supporters, and in 2008 he was voted in the Greatest Ever Norwich City eleven.
Bernard Vukas	On 23 October 1953, Vukas, along with Branko Zebec, Vladimir Beara and Zlatko Čajkovski, played for FIFA's' Rest of the World' team against England at Wembley -- in a match to celebrate 90 years of English Football Association.
Ray Johnston	Despite being a former England schoolboy international, Johnston could only manage to appear in one league game with The Pirates, a 4-3 victory against Macclesfield Town in 1999.
Terry Paine	Following a Football Association led campaign to persuade FIFA to award medals to all the winners' squad members, Paine was presented with his medal by Gordon Brown at a ceremony at 10 Downing Street on 10 June 2009.
Colin Bell	He was guest of honour at Manchester City's final match at Maine Road against Southampton in May 2003.
Hugh Baird	He only received an international cap in 2006, after a successful campaign was started by Gary Imlach calling for his father and other affected players (including Baird) to receive caps.
Chris Morgan (footballer)	In July 2012, during the Blades' pre-season tour of Malta, Morgan announced his retirement from professional football as he had not appeared for the first team for almost two years and was now an established member of the coaching staff at Bramall Lane.
Eamonn Darcy (footballer)	After 2 years at Oldham Athletic F. C. he came home to join Shamrock Rovers in 1956, making his debut on the 7th of October, and played in the clubs first four European Champion Clubs' Cup games.
Dickson Makwaza	He recently made an appearance on Zambian television as part of the panel of analysts analyzing games during the 2012 African Cup of Nations tournament which saw Zambia win their first continental trophy.
Neil Mitchell (footballer)	He also plays Sunday League football, for Bloomfield Veterans FC, in the Blackpool & Fylde Sunday League Alliance Division One, since July 2004, along with fellow former Blackpool player, Andy Gouck.
David Gay	Having been a talented sportsman before the war, Gay featured in first-class cricket, being selected in 1949 to play for the Combined Services against the touring New Zealanders at the Garrison Stadium, Gillingham.
Angus Deayton	Deayton appeared for the England team as a second-half substitute in the Soccer Aid football match in support of UNICEF on 27 May 2006.
Charlie Hurley	He was not yet 21 and despite having played for such a short time the fans of Millwall voted him their' best ever player' in the Millwall fanzine The Lion Roars prior to the Dockers Day at the New Den in 2007.
Giovanni Trapattoni	On 29 May 2013, Trapattoni's Ireland side faced off against England for the first time in eighteen years at the Wembley Stadium in a match which ended 1 -- 1.
Oliver Kahn	After a twenty year-career, of which he played fourteen with Bayern, he had his professional farewell in a testimonial match versus the select Germany XI on 2 September 2008, which ended 1 -- 1.
Charles Sutcliffe	In August 1922 Sutcliffe, in his capacity as a representative of the Football League, opened Doncaster Rovers' Belle Vue ground.
Billy Liddell	The match gave him the distinction of being the oldest footballer to play for the club in a post-war senior match (at 38 years and 224 days) until Kenny Dalglish in 1990.
Joseph MacRory	MacRory was a supporter of the Gaelic League, and Errigal Ciaran, one of the most famous GAA clubs in Ireland, play at Cardinal MacRory Park, Dunmoyle, which was built in 1956 in his honour.
Norman Hunter (footballer)	Hunter made his debut for the England team in 1965, but the existing partnership between Jack Charlton and Bobby Moore meant that he spent much of his international career as an understudy, winning 28 caps in total.
Pierluigi Collina	In 2010, Collina officiated the first half of a Soccer Aid charity football match between celebrity and professional players representing England and the' Rest of the World'.
Gianfranco Zigoni	Zigoni has four children ; one of them, Gianmarco, an AC Milan player ; has later become a footballer too and made his debut with Serie B's Treviso in January 2009, also scoring a goal in his first professional match.
Hugh Dowd	Born on 19 May 1951 in Lurgan, Northern Ireland, he was an accomplished centre half, initially making his name as with hometown club Glenavon, graduating to become the final captain of Northern Ireland's Amateur side.
Ugo Ehiogu	On 24 August 2012 Ehiogu came out of retirement to sign for Wembley F. C., agreeing to play in the club's FA Cup games alongside fellow former professionals Ray Parlour, Martin Keown, Claudio Caniggia, Brian McBride and Graeme Le Saux.
George Friend	Born in Barnstaple, Devon, Friend began his career at then non-League Exeter City as a youth team player, signing a two-year professional contract in March 2006.
Kevin Baron (footballer)	18 years after Kevin's death, his older brother Gerard was the oldest victim of the Hillsborough disaster on 15 April 1989, when 94 Liverpool fans were crushed to death at the FA Cup semi-final (the death toll eventually reached 96).
David Obua	David Obua (born 10 April 1984) is a Uganda n footballer who most recently played as a Midfielder for Scottish Premier League club Hearts and the Uganda national team.
Eddie Gray (footballer born 1948)	In 2000, Gray was voted as the third Greatest Leeds United player of all time, surpassed only to his club captain, Billy Bremner (# 1), and John Charles (# 2).
Terry Eviston	Terry Eviston (born 17 July 1957 in Dublin) was a footballer who played for Home Farm, Bohemians, Athlone Town A. F. C., Dundalk F. C. and two spells with Shamrock Rovers.
Frank Swift	On 9 September 1944 at Windsor Park he played for a Combined Services XI in an 8 -- 4 win against Ireland.
Maxi Jazz	A lifelong supporter of Crystal Palace F. C., in September 2012 he became an associate director of the club.
Sam Bartram	Although Bartram toured Australia with an England XI in 1951 and played for the England B team, he was burdened with the unwanted praise of' the finest goalkeeper never to play for England' as the England national football team had both Frank Swift and Ted Ditchburn jostling for the goalkeeper position.
Jim Park	On Tuesday, 18 March 1941, a senior team training night, Park attended Princes Park as a guest of the Carlton Football Club committee, and'' was presented with a cheque in recognition of his services to the club in the last nine years''.
David Rocastle	Five years and a day after his death, 1 April 2006 was designated'' David Rocastle Day'', as part of the themed matchday celebrations of Arsenal's final season at their stadium Highbury, a 5 -- 0 win over Aston Villa.